Deepening Research - Between the World and Me - Research Guide

Additional Resources

The New York Times Magazine 1619 Project which documents enslavement in America
An archival exhibit tracing enslavement from the Library of Congress
A digital exhibit from Ferris State University documenting the Jim Crow era
A digital exhibit from the New York Public Library documenting the Civil Rights era
A digital exhibit from the Library of Congress documenting the Civil Rights Act (1964)
An article with embedded videos and podcasts from PBS News Hour about Freedom Summer
Reports on Race & Ethnicity - Pew Research Center
Reports on Racial Bias & Discrimination - Pew Research Center

Mapping Police Violence is a research collaborative collecting comprehensive data on police killings nationwide to quantify the impact of police violence in communities.
An article from a peer reviewed journal about Prince Edward County, MD. and police brutality
Interview #1 and Interview #2 with Coates on mass incarceration

Article from New England Journal of Medicine on infant health and weight among African Americans
Research on infant mortality among African Americans from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Article exploring the disparity in maternal and infant mortality rates from Center for American Progress
Infant Mortality in the United States, 1915-2017 from National Institutes of Health

A digital archival exhibit on Brown v. Board of Education from the Library of Congress

Civil Rights Data Collection from the Department of Education

Information on Civil Rights and School Discipline from the Department of Justice archives

Archival image of the 15th Amendment
Archival image of the 19th Amendment
Archival image of the Voting Rights Act (1965)
Supreme Court Decision (2013) concerning Voting Rights Act (1965) [Shelby County v. Holder]
Information on Federal Voting Rights Laws from the Department of Justice
Voting Laws Roundup (May, 2021) from Brennan Center for Justice